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'''Concentration''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. [[ཏིང་འཛིན་]], ''tingdzin'', [[Wyl.]] ''ting ‘dzin'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[five object-determining mental states]]. | |||
==Definitions== | |||
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | |||
*Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་ནི་བརྟག་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་སེམས་རྩེ་གཅིག་པ་ཤེས་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ། | |||
*Concentration is to have a one-pointed mind with regard to the examined [[entity]]. Its function is to support [correct] cognition. ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | |||
*Concentration means to have one-pointed mind with regard to the examined object. Its function is to support [right] cognition.([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | |||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*Meditative stability (Gyurme Dorje)) | |||
*samādhi or concentration (Tony Duff) | |||
==Further reading== | |||
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Yale University Press, Revised edition, 2010). ISBN 978-0300165326, pages 248-251 | |||
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), ISBN 978-1590300732, pages 196-204 | |||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category:Key Terms]] | |||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | |||
[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | |||
[[Category:Five object-determining mental states]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:55, 22 October 2020
Concentration (Skt. samādhi; Tib. ཏིང་འཛིན་, tingdzin, Wyl. ting ‘dzin) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five object-determining mental states.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་ནི་བརྟག་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་སེམས་རྩེ་གཅིག་པ་ཤེས་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།
- Concentration is to have a one-pointed mind with regard to the examined entity. Its function is to support [correct] cognition. (Rigpa Translations)
- Concentration means to have one-pointed mind with regard to the examined object. Its function is to support [right] cognition.(Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- Meditative stability (Gyurme Dorje))
- samādhi or concentration (Tony Duff)
Further reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Yale University Press, Revised edition, 2010). ISBN 978-0300165326, pages 248-251
- Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), ISBN 978-1590300732, pages 196-204
Notes